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پیاپی 48 (مهر 1399)

The purpose of this study was to prediction of mobile phone addiction based on HEXACO personality, cognitive flexibility and Time perspective in female students. The descriptive- correlation method was used. The statistical population consists of all the female students’ high school Tehran city in year academic 2018-2019. According to convenience sampling method, 200 female students were selected as samples and they were asked to fill in the mobile phone addiction questionnaire (MPAQ) of Sevari (2013), HEXACO personality inventory (HEXACO-PI) of Lee & Ashton (2009), cognitive flexibility inventory (CFI) of Dennis & Vander Wal (2010) and Time Perspective Inventory (ZTPI) of Zimbardo and Boyd (1999). The data were analyzed by tests of Pearson correlation and multivariate regression. Findings showed that there was a significant correlation between HEXACO personality, cognitive flexibility and Time perspective with mobile phone addiction in student’s (P<0/01). Regression analyses also revealed that 76/2 of variance of mobile phone addiction in students was explained by Personality, cognitive flexibility and Time perspective. This study confirmed the significant contribution of HEXACO personality, cognitive flexibility and Time perspective on mobile phone addiction in female students.

The purpose of this study was to construct and standardize the feeling of self-worth questionnaire. This research was describes-correlation. The statistical population of the study included all the clients of one of the psychology clinics in Tehran in the period June-Jul 2020 with 112 people. 80 people from the mentioned community entered the study by available sampling method. The instrument of this research was a 38-item questionnaire and a researcher-made questionnaire based on the theoretical foundations of the research, which was answered by 30 people from the sample. 12 items of the questionnaire that had the least internal consistency with other items were removed from the questionnaire. The remaining 26 items in the four subscales were approved by 8 experts with 75% agreement and the content validity of the questionnaire was confirmed. The modified questionnaire was answered by 50 other people from the sample. Results showed that Cronbach's alpha of this tool was 0.96 for the total self-worth score, and for the subscales of 1) interpersonal relationships 0.89, 2) self-acceptance 0.91, 3) sense of competence 0.86, and 4) The meaning of life is 0.94. The mean total score of self-worth for the study sample was 56.60. The correlation coefficient of the 10-day retest was 0.98 for the total self-worth score and 0.98, 0.98, 0.87, and 0.97 for the subscales, respectively. The findings showed that the self-worth questionnaire has good validity and reliability for use in self-worth research.

Alcohol consumption figures have been increasing worldwide in recent years. This increasing has seen as a major problem globally and has raised concerns for policymakers and law enforcers. This is a serious threat to public health. Alcohol consumption has many side effects and consequently various damages. One of the evidence-based therapies is Miller and Ralink's motivational interviewing based on the Prochaska and D'Elmante model of behavior change. In this study, we extracted and reviewed articles related to this topic based on the keywords of motivational interviewing, addiction, alcohol dependence from Iran and International databases. Findings from previous studies all indicated that motivational interviewing was effective in reducing the consequences of alcohol use disorders. The results indicated that motivational interviewing leads to changes in lifestyle, pattern of alcohol consumption and reduction or break the alcohol dependence.

This study aimed to predict aggressive behaviors of students based on family cohesion, among secondary school students first base was the ninth in Kahnooj city. The sample consisted of 270 female students of high school (ninth base) Kahnooj city who were selected by simple random sampling. In this study was used to collect data from Boss and Perry's Aggression Questionnaire, Questionnaire family cohesion . And to analyze the collected data, the simultaneous linear regression, Pearson correlation coefficients were used. Spss20 and statistical software was used for data analysis. Analysis of main assumptions identified that there is a significant negative relationship between family cohesion with aggressive students. And finally the general regression model, two variables of family cohesion could negatively predict aggression.